A suggestion to "Unsubscribe" to status updates.

[Street Comedy 327]

For the love of Celestia and all that is holy, when I reply to a status I don't want to see 10 notifications later filled with pointless spam, it gets annoying. I could have thought that notification was alerting me that I received warning points or I got a brohoof on a post.

 

I think I speak for many people when I say please give us an option to "unsubscribe" to status updates so we don't have so many notifications. @_@

 

How it would work: After you post at least one comment on someone's status update, an option saying "unsubscribe" will pop up in the top right of the status update.

 

You can click this button to unsubscribe, you will no longer get notifications when someone replies to the status update.

 

Is getting 500 notifications your cup of tea? No worries, if you click the unsubscribe button, you can click the new "subscribe" button to get notifications from replies. You can even subscribe to status updates you haven't replied in!

 

What do you think about it? Like the idea?

[Starshine 16,333]

Go to My Settings/User CP, then My Notifications, then you just un-tick the "Notify me of replies to Status Updates I replied to"

 

Done!

[Vicke 3,189]

This has been brought up many times before, and i still agree.

Its very annoying when you make a comment in a status update only to notice that the status is a spamfest.

[Street Comedy 327]

Go to My Settings/User CP, then My Notifications, then you just un-tick the "Notify me of replies to Status Updates I replied to"

 

Done!

 

What if you want to have notifications in one status update, because you like seeing people's opinions, but you don't want them in another because like Vicke said:

 

Its very annoying when you make a comment in a status update only to notice that the status is a spamfest.

 

[Tom 891]

Vicke is right, something similar has been suggested before.

 

While I'm pretty sure no one would complain about such a feature, we'd have to program it ourselves. Or get someone else to do it for us.

...or dangle a carrot in front of Scootacool and tell him to make this feature for us.

[Crispy 5,563]

Just uncheck the box in your notification options. Easy peasy lemon squeezy.

[NavelColt 22,880]

Just uncheck the box in your notification options. Easy peasy lemon squeezy.

 

Sadly, it's not xP As has been stated, people are not looking for a way to just turn off notifications entirely. They want a way to optionally turn off getting further notifications from specific status updates, after they've already commented on said status updates. And I agree. While some status updates remain all well and good, there's always those ones you comment on, that then turn into obnoxious spam fests.

 

Again like others have said, such a feature would probably take coding from Scoots or someone else.

Edited October 18, 2012 by ~Chaotic Discord~

[Killian Jones 2,655]

It's been asked many times.

 

IBP still needs to be better implement status updates in their permissions and notifications framework. They are aware of these issues and I think I heard that they will get fixed in a future update. but not right now, if you post in an update you get notifications.

[Lavo 785]

I might have a look at seeing if this is possible over the weekend.

[Nohbdy 4,108]

Sorry for the necro, but I feel this needs to be brought to attention again. This is an issue that happens far too frequently, especially for those of us who frequently use the status feature. I might comment once on a status, only to come back hours later and be flooded by 40+ notifications, some of which might actually be important (quotes, warnings, brohoofs, etc.). Since I don't want to miss anything that requires my attention, I go through everything, anyway. That gets really damn annoying. Even in the five minutes that it's taken me to write up to this point, I've received 6 notifications already, and I'm certain most of them are from a status I commented on earlier. 

 

Simply turning off status notifications is not a good idea, since there are times when I do want to know what's going on. Facebook, at least, provides the option to subscribe from a certain post, while continuing notifications from others. 

 

I'd definitely appreciate anything the staff can do about this issue, and, given the responses from some users both on this thread and on notification-heavy statuses, others, as well. Thanks! 

[Shiki 5,855]

Protip:

Delete all your comments in a status update, then you won't get any more notifications. 

[Betez 1,734]

Protip:

Delete all your comments in a status update, then you won't get any more notifications.

Except then, people won't really know you're part of the conversation

[Shiki 5,855]

Except then, people won't really know you're part of the conversation

If it's a spamfest, and it's annoying you, why would you want to be part of it?

[Nohbdy 4,108]

Protip:

Delete all your comments in a status update, then you won't get any more notifications. 

Actually, that's what I usually do when I get fed up. However, I feel that I shouldn't have to delete what I have to say simply to stop the spam, and I certainly don't want to go through 50+ responses just to delete something (especially if I responded more than once). It's also the reason why I agree that posts in the main forums should not be deleted. It creates a hole where a post had been, and thus a hole in the discussion. Those who replied then reply to nothing. There has to be a better solution to that.

 

And that solution, my friends, is to implement an unsubscribe button. I don't know how difficult it is, but it's surely a better way to deal with spam than to delete your own posts. 

[Betez 1,734]

If it's a spamfest, and it's annoying you, why would you want to be part of it?

Wait a minute. I think you can turn off notifications to statuses in your CP. although it won't really matter to OP, because I don't think he's coming back.

[Nohbdy 4,108]

Wait a minute. I think you can turn off notifications to statuses in your CP. although it won't really matter to OP, because I don't think he's coming back.

You can. However, the problem is that you also turn off status notifications that you actually want to receive.

 

EDIT: What I'm saying is that there should be a more flexible option for users to choose what to receive. 

Edited April 15, 2013 by Darth Vader

[Shiki 5,855]

Wait a minute. I think you can turn off notifications to statuses in your CP. although it won't really matter to OP, because I don't think he's coming back.

Read the rest of the thread. x:

 

 

 

And that solution, my friends, is to implement an unsubscribe button. I don't know how difficult it is, but it's surely a better way to deal with spam than to delete your own posts. 

I've never personally seen any alterations to the IPB status update feature, so I'm going to assume Scootz/Fl0d3p would have to manually type out code and whatnot. I'm ignorant on coding altogether, so I cannot comment much further. 

 

However, I do know that Scatcoal has got 4820 tonnes of work to do, so I doubt anything will happen any time soon.

[Nohbdy 4,108]

Read the rest of the thread. x:

 

 

 

I've never personally seen any alterations to the IPB status update feature, so I'm going to assume Scootz/Fl0d3p would have to manually type out code and whatnot. I'm ignorant on coding altogether, so I cannot comment much further. 

 

However, I do know that Scatcoal has got 4820 tonnes of work to do, so I doubt anything will happen any time soon.

Which is perfectly fine, honestly. The staff's busy with plenty of other things, but I've seen enough users complain about it (me included), that I feel that the issue should be called to the staff's attention. This is especially true given the rapidly increasing user count on the forums. The status system is flawed, and something should be done about it. 

 

Anyway, I guess the best thing to do now would be to wait for an admin's opinion on the issue. They know best, after all. 

[NavelColt 22,880]

Which is perfectly fine, honestly. The staff's busy with plenty of other things, but I've seen enough users complain about it (me included), that I feel that the issue should be called to the staff's attention. This is especially true given the rapidly increasing user count on the forums. The status system is flawed, and something should be done about it. 

 

Anyway, I guess the best thing to do now would be to wait for an admin's opinion on the issue. They know best, after all. 

 

Last I was aware, both blogs and status updates are pathetically under-used when it comes to IPS giving them customizable features, which is why both of them still have many problems with them that we can't do much about until they do. I know Scoots and Feld0 forward these bigger suggestions to them a lot, sometimes they do something, other times they just never really get anything done about them.

 

As to if it's possible of Scoots to write these things from scratch or not, I'm not sure. Even if it is possible, there are many, many other things that continue to take priority.

[Champion RD92 8,658]

I have to admit that this would be a very convenient thing that I would love to have implemented if possible.

[Nohbdy 4,108]

Last I was aware, both blogs and status updates are pathetically under-used when it comes to IPS giving them customizable features, which is why both of them still have many problems with them that we can't do much about until they do. I know Scoots and Feld0 forward these bigger suggestions to them a lot, sometimes they do something, other times they just never really get anything done about them.

 

As to if it's possible of Scoots to write these things from scratch or not, I'm not sure. Even if it is possible, there are many, many other things that continue to take priority.

Yeah, I posted with the expectation that it would be low priority, but I felt that it was nevertheless something that many users would appreciate.

 

Anyway, thanks for the response, CD. 

[NavelColt 22,880]

Yeah, I posted with the expectation that it would be low priority, but I felt that it was nevertheless something that many users would appreciate.

 

Anyway, thanks for the response, CD. 

 

I let Scoots know about this and he's going to post tomorrow with a fairly detailed response that's far more accurate on what's going on :3

[Twilight Sparkle ✨ 8,526]

I let Scoots know about this and he's going to post tomorrow with a fairly detailed response that's far more accurate on what's going on :3

 

Key's a bit busy right now, so I'll fill in for him.

 

The problem here is a software limitation. Status updates are part of IP.Board, the forum software that powers MLP Forums. So, our ability to modify them is directly dependent on how easy IPS have made it for us to override and extend their code.

 

Now, I personally read through the code that powers status updates, and... I hate to break it to everyone, but modularity is virtually absent from it. It would be quite the undertaking to add the ability to "unsubscribe" from status updates in no small part because IPS's status updates don't have a concept of "subscriptions"/following in the first place. The notification option for it has a rather bare-metal implementation where, if it's ticked, you are sent a notification whenever a status you've replied to gets another reply. The concept of "following" a notification simply does not exist, and would need to be built first.

 

The way IPS have written the status update feature, they're virtually hardwired. The only realistic way to modify statuses in any meaningful way that won't result in forking IP.Board is to disable IPS's implementation, write our own, and migrate the data.

 

 

We hear you, loud and clear. All this technobabble doesn't change the indisputable fact that status update notifications can and do suck in their current state.

 

Reprogramming status updates our own way is, in fact, something I intend to take a close look at with the Poniverse network. Status updates can and should become a network-wide feature available on every site, and running them through Poniverse.net will make it possible to overhaul every aspect of them, including the oft-requested ability to "unfollow" a particular status.

[Nohbdy 4,108]

Key's a bit busy right now, so I'll fill in for him.

 

The problem here is a software limitation. Status updates are part of IP.Board, the forum software that powers MLP Forums. So, our ability to modify them is directly dependent on how easy IPS have made it for us to override and extend their code.

 

Now, I personally read through the code that powers status updates, and... I hate to break it to everyone, but modularity is virtually absent from it. It would be quite the undertaking to add the ability to "unsubscribe" from status updates in no small part because IPS's status updates don't have a concept of "subscriptions"/following in the first place. The notification option for it has a rather bare-metal implementation where, if it's ticked, you are sent a notification whenever a status you've replied to gets another reply. The concept of "following" a notification simply does not exist, and would need to be built first.

 

The way IPS have written the status update feature, they're virtually hardwired. The only realistic way to modify statuses in any meaningful way that won't result in forking IP.Board is to disable IPS's implementation, write our own, and migrate the data.

 

 

We hear you, loud and clear. All this technobabble doesn't change the indisputable fact that status update notifications can and do suck in their current state.

 

Reprogramming status updates our own way is, in fact, something I intend to take a close look at with the Poniverse network. Status updates can and should become a network-wide feature available on every site, and running them through Poniverse.net will make it possible to overhaul every aspect of them, including the oft-requested ability to "unfollow" a particular status.

I see. A bit disappointing, I have to admit, but not entirely unexpected. As annoying as status spam can be, I suppose it's ultimately insignificant compared to more pressing issues like Poniverse development. Still, it's nice to get some enlightenment on the issue. Thanks for the detailed response, Feld0

[Twilight Sparkle ✨ 8,526]

I see. A bit disappointing, I have to admit, but not entirely unexpected. As annoying as status spam can be, I suppose it's ultimately insignificant compared to more pressing issues like Poniverse development. Still, it's nice to get some enlightenment on the issue. Thanks for the detailed response, Feld0

 

Blame IPS. They wrote it.

 

And that's why I'd really like to take the development of statuses into my own hands with Poniverse, to have full control over their workings. All I kindly ask for is a little patience, as Poniverse is a development project of leviathan proportions.